Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-20

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lhIs oity writes - follows 70 the Sun.
day sditioa Of that paper:
WiiainG1op eitissns who love peoee
md GOOD order are Just now greatly
alarmed over ipdiostioAs which point
10 the addition 70 IL population Of IN
.lmoat entirely new type Of ihhAbit.
The advance guard Of Philsdelphia
touRhdom hss begun to move upon the
town, and she summer promises to be
. very busy enc for Mayor Rhoads'
policemen. Some Of the
Philadolphia t0uahs have gone 70 OAm.
dsr and other 70 AtlAutlc City, but the
gresssst number are pre- pairing 70 change
their quarters to Wilmington. A great
many OF she policy wrisers have gone
TO that city.
Thsy are the hangers ON Of the dives
now closed. They can be seen around
during sbe afternoon and evenings, and
. hard looking crowd they ere, to be
sure. The number OF petty rDbbertes,
which have lately had . marked in.
crease, II Atti ibuted to them. They
prowl around the suburbs In ganRs Of
thrses and fours and frequently make
the Bsandy wipe Park unp.e psant for
ladies and children BY their unoouth
Appeasanoss sud Indecent Language.
But the greatest thrsatenSd evil 10
that Of the dive keepers and the pro-
prisioes Of loW sA1se6s. Dos 4 week OF
more Wilmington has been literally
|overrun by keepers Of these places look
ing for an opening here. Not less than
6fty inquiries have been made In the
sst tow days. 4 great many saloons
were lloented for the year about two
weeks ago, and the Philadelp hans
argue shat II they could buy one Of
these licensed places ont they would be
safe for . year. or Ut least until the IL
oense should be revoked.
One Of the frat 70 appear here was
Oonsidine, Of white Elephant" poto.
riety. He is still conducting negotis.
lions for downtown place Of indiffer.
ent yopute
John or Jack" Homeyard has been
one OF the latest TO try his luck here
1t 10 reported that he has purchased the
tween Second and Third. The gardens
we're formerly owned by the "Legp
Brothers." and are admirably fitted foI
the peculiar mixture OF "bser and u u
sic" with which HomeyArd has bee
wont TO reRale his patrons.
Other PHILADELPHIA sportipg men have
beon endeavoring 70 secure the "Oa
sino," the Front street ests b sinner Of
1 ha lat NRttl To- -kN .. Il solt Z .
shot during o d 12ht In his place not Ions
Philadelphia, has been try Ing to rem
cd from giving sparriRg exhibitions II
Pniladelp phia and thinks If he gets Oar
rolls place he can have all the sparrinj
he wants.
When 1t oame to be known that ther
was q likelihood OF 90 many dive
keepers with their attendant train O
moral evils oontem plating settling IL
the city, Wilmington's gool people be
came thoroughly alarmed. They hat
lust been given taste OF the rIugl
element In the fatal shooting In Car
roll's low dive. That affair nearly re
Isuited In double murder, and some @
the young men implicated In the quaI
rel had gone to Wilmington from Pnila
ldelphia.
Mayor Rhoads, as soon a. lie receive
any definite information, deter N ned I
lact. He at once had . consult tatio
with Hon. Walter Cummins, judge @
the city court, and Henry q. Turner
the city solicitor. Tae Mayors bloo
@as up.
II want to know what to do In th
matter" eaid he.
I'VE don't see what you can do, IVA
the answer. You're hands are pract
loaily tied"
J "Do you pretend to say" exclaime
the Mayor, THAT these people can com
In here from another State In spite {
anythipg / can do to stop then?"
RI 1t WAS even 90. Tie law officers {
the city turned over the leaves OF tn
statute books and said there was u
+. law. Then they reminded the Mayor ,
his experience some time ago when b
arrested notorious criminal on susp
dion and was beaten In the courts Thi
case WAS . peculiar one "Slim jim
Hagany, . Wilmington ian by birtl
aud shc son OF one Of the most prom
t nent citisens of the town, went to Il
bad. He became u notorious thief m
burglar and served time In New Cast
{ jail again and again. After serving
term OF tmpriscnment in PhilAdelph
he returned to Wilmington, " here
was arrested as . suspicious charact
under the law made TO apply to ju
such persons. He employed !.
Grubo, rs his counsel, and q test cal
WAS to be made of 1t, the result beir
that the court declared the law uncoI
, stitutional,a and Hagany was discharge,
Ho was then able to stand on the sire
corners, just as tha Philadel phia tough
esssss Gv.n. POW, and snap his fingers I
D the officers.
Finding his hands tied, the Mayo
l:sI called his oflioers before him, and quei
TONED them as to the movements OF Il
d'ye.keepers. II am prevented froI
keeping those men away" said b
"but l want you to inform them q
that won d advise them 10 keep ava,
1t would certainly be best for the cit,
and doubt not in the long run
would be best for them. You are to I
Violated"
To Press reporter the Mayor talks
freely yesterday. "I am sorry ca
do nothing to keep these fellows away,
said he, "but there is little oan do.
n nave sent them word that they had be
ter keep away. That warning 1t woul
s be we'll for them to heed 1 shall star
no more trihing with them than vii
our own low breakers. In other word
mean business.
II do not know OF Q greater calami
u that could befall Wilmiugsou than
have the SCUM Of a great city throw
>' upon rs / have read In The Press Il
description of the low places now
Philadelphia, and the people can re
assured that everything possible WI
Dc done. They have been driven fro
your city by the vigilance Of Tho Pre-
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